No one ever died saying lsquo I rsquo m so glad for the self-centered self-serving and self-protective life I lived rsquo rdquo author Parker Palmer said in a commencement address urging graduates to ldquo offer themselves to the world with openhearted generosity rdquo But Parker continued living this way would also meaning learning ldquo how little you know and how easy it is to fail rdquo Offering themselves in service to the world would require cultivating a ldquo beginner rsquo s mind rdquo to ldquo walk straight into your not-knowing and take the risk of failing and failing again and [... more]